Cooler with seat and anti-tip support

Abstract

A combined cooler/seat having an anti-tip support that extends rearward the ground contact of the cooler/seat beyond the simple footprint of the cooler/seat itself, thereby providing extra support for resisting backward tilting of the cooler/seat; wherein the anti-tip support adjustably extends rearward from the bottom rear portion of the cooler/seat.

1. A combined cooler/seat comprising:
 an anti-tip support that extends rearward the ground contact of the cooler/seat beyond the simple footprint of the cooler/seat itself; thereby providing extra support for resisting backward tilting of the cooler/seat; 
 wherein the anti-tip support adjustably extends rearward from the bottom rear portion of the cooler/seat; and 
 the anti-tip support is a square-U shaped bar having a foot and legs adjustably extending from a back of the cooler/seat to the foot, the legs adjustably sliding in and out of the cooler/seat within sleeves that are built into a bottom portion of the cooler. 
 
   
   
     2. The cooler/seat of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 A gusset that is foldingly attached to the back such that it hingedly folds rearward to lie along the top of the leg for added support. 
 
   
   
     3. The cooler/seat of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 wheels that raise the entire bottom portion of the cooler/seat above the ground level; and 
 curved sleeves with correspondingly curved legs such that the anti-tip support adjustably slides downward as it slides rearward to rest the foot on the ground. 
 
   
   
     4. The cooler/seat of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a pivoting connection between the sleeves and the bottom rear portion of the cooler/seat; and 
 a ratchet rack and cogs arranged for holding the sleeve at an adjustable plurality of pivot angles. 
 
   
   
     5. The cooler/seat of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 ratchet teeth that are cammed such that a simple downward push on the leg will ratchet the sleeve until the leg and foot touch the ground; and 
 a spring biased ratchet release pushrod arranged such that a user can push the pushrod into the seat/cooler for releasing the ratchet to pivotingly raise the leg. 
 
   
   
     6. The cooler/seat of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a pivoting connection between the sleeves and the bottom rear portion of the cooler/seat; and 
 a spring biased latch comprising a spring button which pops into selected pivot latch holes to allow selection of a desired sleeve pivot angle. 
 
   
   
     7. The cooler/seat of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a pivot knuckle in the leg with a spring biased latch therein such that the knuckle can be latched at a desired pivot angle for placing the foot on the ground.